People · United States
Liam McGuire
2×2 · top 24.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022MCGU03
Liam McGuire has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.80, set at River Hill Fall 2025, puts him in the top 24.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,544th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since September 2022, he has put 127 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.36 in September 2022 to 15.87, a 54% improvement. Liam has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 4.85 | top 24.0% | 9,544 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 15.87 | 20.43 | top 27.5% | 15,258 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.51 | 13.94 | top 49.1% | 14,476 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:02.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,049 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 2:50.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 18,597 / 19,354 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.32 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.83 at Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025.
- 3 Sep 2022First competition: Pretzel Mania 2022. A 34.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ephrata Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Ephrata Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Declan Wilhelm — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leland Pak — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Livia Kleiner — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.